Belgium, France and Canada - All in one day!

Yes, all in one day. Ewen Munro recently joined up with the Oban High School visit to the WW1 battlefields. Day two of the 3-day experience was particularly mind-blowing as we left Kemmel, our Belgian base to travel to the Somme in France, where we came upon Newfoundland Park in Canada, gifted to the Canadian nation by France after the first world war.
The overall experience was based on real life stories, songs and images from the Ypres and Somme regions, and involved visits to original trenches at Sanctuary Wood, the biggest WW1 monument at Thiepval, the largest Commonwealth cemetery at Tyne Cot and the daily time of remembrance at The Menin Gate in Ypres.
Forty young people and four staff took part in the life-changing trip, ably guided by Nicola from Mertcat Tours in Edinburgh, safely transported by Jeff from Bibby's of Ingleton and well documented by a certain youth worker and his camera,